- Tom Sawyer: Why, for two pennies, I'd beat ya 'till you'd need a jigsaw puzzle expert to put ya together!
- Aunt Polly: But first things first, I wouldn't even talk to a filthy creature like you, so down to the kitchen with you for a bath.
- Tom Sawyer: A bath? But it's not Saturday!
- Tom Sawyer: Oh Aunt Polly, wouldn't it be better just to give me a good switchin'?
- Aunt Polly: I wouldn't waste a clean switch on that dirty hide.